Delicious, moist, easy to make fresh strawberry cake recipe. Made with fresh strawberries and crushed dehydrated strawberries in the cream cheese frosting.
8-9ozfresh strawberries or 1 1/2 cups blended or crushed, weight after trimming tops off
4large eggs, room temperature
1/2cupcanola or vegetable oil
1/4cupcold water
1teaspoonvanilla
Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting:
1/2cupunsalted butter, softened
4ouncescream cheese, softened
2ouncesfreeze dried strawberries
5-6cupspowdered sugar
dash of salt
1teaspoon lemon juice
1-2tablespoonsmilk or cream to thin the frosting if needed
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line 2 (9-inch) or 3 (8-inch) round cake pans with parchment paper, grease.
In a large bowl, combine cake mix, flour and gelatin. Add pureed strawberries, eggs, oil, water and vanilla; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
Pour into prepared pans, and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans, cool completely on wire racks.
Fresh Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting:
In a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. .
Beat in chopped strawberries. Gradually add powdered sugar and dash of salt, beating until smooth.
Thin with milk or cream if needed.Spread frosting in between layers and on top and sides of cake. Garnish with fresh strawberries, if desired
Notes
This recipe can be made into a bundt cake, a 9x13, 2- 8 inch or 3- 8 inch round pans.